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New startups count on ‘anti-airline’ sentiment

Phil Garfinkle has nothing to fear but the lack of fear itself.
Airports

New operator sought for Midway Atoll airport

Early last month Midway Phoenix, a subsidiary of Phoenix Air Group of Cartersville, Ga., and the U.S.
Airports

Milan’s trio of airports each sing their own song

Commuting from the central business district of Milan, Italy, to its three airports, the advantages of Linate and its eight-minute ride become obvious.
Rotorcraft

Exhibit celebrates helo’s role in news gathering

When the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., opened last month to tell the tale of news gathering, publication and broadcast and to champio
Training and Workforce

Men in black looking for suspicious aliens

As of June 13 at least 50,500 foreign nationals in the U.S.
Airports

Midway Island Airport operation in jeopardy

Midway Phoenix of Cartersville, Ga., operates Midway Island Airport (MDY), some 1,200 mi northwest of Honolulu.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

The 2003 Budget: From the Outside Looking In

The 2003 Budget in Brief is, as the title implies, brief, but its complexity still leads the aviation alphabet groups to cherrypick for comment, while news
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

FAA nets small increase in 2003 budget funding

The President’s Budget of the United States has usually been delivered by the Government Printing Office to Congress bound in a sober, solid navy.

Unmanned helo fits in an SUV

CybAero president Peter Muhlrad said users can pack the Vantage unmanned helicopter in a Chevy Suburban and have it aloft in 20 minutes with no specialized

New Enstrom Guardian for Plaquemines Parish patrol

The newly established airborne law enforcement unit of the Plaquemines Parish, La.

This show will shatter all records, predicts Zuccaro

“This year’s Heli-Expo is a rousing success before we even open the doors,” said HAI president Matt Zuccaro at a press conference just before the ribbon-cu

Panalpina handles helo shipments for the long haul

Panalpina is showing a video at its Heli-Expo booth (No.
Aircraft

ATR Delivers Peace and Quiet

“You’re in the noisiest seat of the airplane,” said ATR North America sales vice president to an AIN reporter, who had chosen the position to assess that v

Wright Brothers’ first flight readied for re-creation

No one has kept the Flyer aloft for more than a minute, not even the Wright brothers.

FAA’s technologies workshop focuses on future systems

Flight and navigation technology can help pilots see and avoid threats, simplify cockpit management and know their situation and parameters with precision.
Safety

NTSB blames Part 91 for deadly EMS helo crashes

On January 25 the NTSB Office of Aviation Safety presented a special investigation report on EMS and helicopter EMS (HEMS) operations, attributing a number
Safety

A glimpse at how NTSB conducts investigations

Less than 10 percent of an aircraft accident investigation takes place at the scene.

Forty years ago and today: facing a crisis

Najeeb (Jeeb) Halaby, FAA Administrator, Sept.

Benchmarks in Closure and Reopening of NAS

Tuesday, September 11
• DOT Secretary Norman Mineta, via the FAA, ordered the grounding of all aircraft in the National Airspace Syst

Scope and Sequence of Groundings Revisited

As the National Airspace System (NAS) has reopened in phases, so have the Department of Transportation (DOT) and FAA clarified in increments the sequence o

Charitable golf and tennis tournament nets $111,000

Above the Indian Spring Country Club in Silver Spring, Md., the rain and low ceiling cleared from overcast to broken, and then the cold mist lingered.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

FAA, IRS don’t regulate in the same language

“The FAA, and the IRS…they really don’t think alike,” began tax attorney Gary Garofalo, first speaker at the NBAA Federal Aviation Tax Forum in Arlington,
Aircraft

Agplanes gathered dust during trio of groundings

Cropdusters fondly call their craft the back-and-forth business.
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House Meets to Consider Relief for General Aviation

On October 11 the House small business subcommittee on regulatory reform and oversight considered the financial hit to small aviation business from restric

NBAA regional forum stops in West Palm

The regional NBAA forum at West Palm Beach International (PBI), Fla., on March 10 served a slice of business aviation with complex ingredients.
Airports

N.C. airport back to normal again

At Dare County Regional Airport (MQI), N.C., Hank Stock grabs an armload of North Carolina aeronautical charts, centennial year edition, from among thousan

Former Eastern pilot plans to use Jurassic Jet for airshows

Some four billion passengers flew in the Boeing 727 fleet before most were retired from passenger service or converted to freight haulers.
ATC

Hickok devises SNI approaches into NYC area

Stephen Hickok of Hickok & Associates, Orange Beach, Ala., announced on Thursday that the FAA performed a successful flight inspection on February 23 o

STI developing GPS TERPS for four medevac networks

Satellite Technology International (Booth No.